Conway Urges Obama And Clinton To Call For An End To Violent Anti-Trump Protests

President-elect Donald Trump’s senior adviser and campaign manager said Sunday that Democratic leaders, especially President Obama and Hillary Clinton, should publicly call for an end to violent protests over Trump’s election victory.

She told Todd that whether people support Trump or not, he is “there for them. And he is going to be a president that listens and takes the counsel of many different people, including those from the other side of the aisle.”

During her interview with Wallace on Fox News Sunday, Conway also took on Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid.

Reid, a Nevada Democrat retiring from the Senate in January, claimed Friday that the president-elect was “a sexual predator who lost the popular vote and fueled his campaign with bigotry and hate.”

Conway warned Reid that he should “be very careful about characterizing someone in a legal sense” regarding his attacks on Trump, though she made it clear that no legal action was pending.

“Everybody is looking for a peaceful transition, and you have the Senate minority leader acting like a garden variety political pundit,” Conway said.

Reid’s office responded within minutes of the warning from Conway, and there was no change in its harsh tone.

“It only took five days for President-elect Trump to try to silence his critics with the threat of legal action,” a Reid staffer said.

“This should shock and concern all Americans. … Since Trump was elected, acts of hate against Muslims, Jews, women and people of color have spiked dramatically. The KKK is planning a parade to celebrate Trump’s victory. … But instead of rising to the responsibility of his office, Trump is hiding behind his Twitter account and sending his staff on TV to threaten his critics.”